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 sscanf()                Read Formatted Data from String

 #include   <stdio.h>

 int        sscanf(buffer,format-string[,argument...]);
 const char *buffer;                     Stored data
 const char *format-string;              Format control string

    sscanf() reads data from 'buffer' and places it into the locations
    given by 'arguments'.  sscanf() operates identically to scanf(), with
    the single exception that scanf() reads data from stdin, while
    sscanf() reads data from 'buffer'.  The format-string, arguments, and
    return value of sscanf() are the same as those of scanf(); see the
    scanf() function for a complete description.

   -------------------------------- Example ---------------------------------

    This example scans 'buffer' for the given fields, which are then
    printed.

           #include <stdio.h>

           char *buffer = "001Smith,J 002Jones,B";
           int num, numread, num2;
           char name[15], name2[15];

           main()
           {
                numread = sscanf(buffer,"%3d %15s %3d %15s",
                                 &num,name,&num2,name2);
                printf("number of fields read: %d \n",numread);
                printf("employee: %s (%d)\n",name,num);
                printf("employee: %s (%d)\n",name2,num2);

            }